Announcing SF Docfest 2011

Non-fiction films of fan stand up! 2 weeks of nothing but documentaries are just around the corner. There are over 70 films airing this year, practically guaranteeing at least something for somebody, even those who claim to not like documentaries. Really though, in a time where reality shows reign king of the tele I find it hard to believe that someone wouldn’t be interested in documentaries. Plus, this year the programmers seem especially keen on attracting the younger generation to the movies and is offering an all-you-can-see pass for just $25 to those 21 and under!

According to the press release, here’s just a hint of what you can expect to find at this year’s festival: “Egyptian belly dancers; California summer campers; the puppeteer behind Elmo; kids that run off to join the circus or want to become ballerinas; international hip hoppers; Christian card counters; English punk rockers; artists; yoga practitioners; new soldiers; compulsive collectors; stand-up comics; Tetris masters; and animator Bill Plympton.  Plus we take a delightful wander around Berlin in the Fall.”

As always stay tuned to Filmbalaya at least a week in advance as we start to preview the films for you and give you our take on what are the must-sees and what you should avoid.

Follow the jump for ticket info and the full schedule

Friday, October 14th
12:00 PM	click to rate	2011 DocFest PASS Good for all shows at the festival! | Feature, Shorts | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:00 PM	click to rate	2011 BerkeleyPass Good for all shows at the Shatuck! | Feature | 120 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:00 PM	click to rate	2011 YouthPass Good for all shows at the Festival! | Feature | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:10 PM	click to rate	5FilmVoucher Discount Pass | Feature | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:10 PM	click to rate	10FilmVoucher Discount Pass | Feature | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	Peep Culture Sally Blake 2011 | Feature | 60 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	Scenes of a Crime Blue Hadaegh, Grover Babcock 2011 | Feature | 88 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	How To Start A Revolution Ruaridh Arrow 2011 | Feature | 87 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Beaverbrook Matthew Callahan 2010 | Feature | 68 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Dirty Pictures Etienne Sauret 2010 | Feature | 88 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Scrapper Stephan Wassmann 2010 | Feature | 88 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Oil City Confidential Julien Temple 2009 | Feature | 104 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Taliya.Date.Com Taliya Finkel 2011 | Feature | 54 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	The Furious Force of Rhymes Joshua Atesh Litle 2010 | Feature | 84 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Saturday, October 15th
12:30 PM	click to rate	General Orders No. 9 Robert Persons 2009 | Feature | 72 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	Left by the Ship Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati – director 2010 | Feature | 79 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	Left by the Ship Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati – director 2010 | Feature | 79 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	The After Party (The Last Party 3) Michael Schiller | Feature | 64 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	Back to the Garden Kevin Tomlinson 2010 | Feature | 70 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	The Greenhorns Severine von Tscharner Fleming 2010 | Feature | 50 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	The Creators Laura Gamse 2011 | Feature | 81 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Unikely Treasures Tally Abecassis 2010 | Feature | 52 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Where Soldiers Come From Heather Courtney 2011 | Feature | 91 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	First Position Bess Kargman 2011 | Feature | 90 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Heavy Metal Picnic Jeff Krulik 2010 | Feature | 66 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The Woodmans C. Scott Willis 2010 | Feature | 82 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Dirty Pictures Etienne Sauret 2010 | Feature | 88 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Yogawoman Kate Clere McIntyre 2011 | Feature | 84 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	80s New Wave Sing A Long Various Directors 1988 | Shorts | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Sunday, October 16th
12:30 PM	click to rate	Grab Billy Luther 2011 | Feature | 60 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	Where Soldiers Come From Heather Courtney 2011 | Feature | 91 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	The Woodmans C. Scott Willis 2010 | Feature | 82 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	78 Days: A Tree Planting Documentary Jason Nardella 2011 | Feature | 62 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	The Creators Laura Gamse 2011 | Feature | 81 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	Your Legal shorts Various Directors 2011 | Shorts | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Beaverbrook Matthew Callahan 2010 | Feature | 68 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	General Orders No. 9 Robert Persons 2009 | Feature | 72 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Unikely Treasures Tally Abecassis 2010 | Feature | 52 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Bryan Storkel 2011 | Feature | 92 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Left by the Ship Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati – director 2010 | Feature | 79 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Taliya.Date.Com Taliya Finkel 2011 | Feature | 54 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Adventures in Plymptoons! Alexia Anastasio 2011 | Feature | 85 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Donor Unknown Jerry Rothwell 2010 | Feature | 78 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Yogawoman Kate Clere McIntyre 2011 | Feature | 84 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Monday, October 17th
2:45 PM	click to rate	78 Days: A Tree Planting Documentary Jason Nardella 2011 | Feature | 62 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Adventures in Plymptoons! Alexia Anastasio 2011 | Feature | 85 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The After Party (The Last Party 3) Michael Schiller | Feature | 64 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Heavy Metal Picnic Jeff Krulik 2010 | Feature | 66 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The Creators Laura Gamse 2011 | Feature | 81 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Donor Unknown Jerry Rothwell 2010 | Feature | 78 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Scrapper Stephan Wassmann 2010 | Feature | 88 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	The Furious Force of Rhymes Joshua Atesh Litle 2010 | Feature | 84 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Tuesday, October 18th
2:45 PM	click to rate	General Orders No. 9 Robert Persons 2009 | Feature | 72 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Grab Billy Luther 2011 | Feature | 60 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	B.I.N. – Berlin in November Victor Schefe 2011 | Feature | 93 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Dirty Pictures Etienne Sauret 2010 | Feature | 88 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The Greenhorns Severine von Tscharner Fleming 2010 | Feature | 50 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Back to the Garden Kevin Tomlinson 2010 | Feature | 70 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Bryan Storkel 2011 | Feature | 92 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Taliya.Date.Com Taliya Finkel 2011 | Feature | 54 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Wednesday, October 19th
2:45 PM	click to rate	Scrapper Stephan Wassmann 2010 | Feature | 88 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Bob and The Monster Keirda Bahruth 2010 | Feature | 89 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The After Party (The Last Party 3) Michael Schiller | Feature | 64 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Beaverbrook Matthew Callahan 2010 | Feature | 68 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The Greenhorns Severine von Tscharner Fleming 2010 | Feature | 50 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Heavy Metal Picnic Jeff Krulik 2010 | Feature | 66 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	How To Start A Revolution Ruaridh Arrow 2011 | Feature | 87 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Yogawoman Kate Clere McIntyre 2011 | Feature | 84 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Thursday, October 20th
2:45 PM	click to rate	Patagonia Rising Brian Lilla 2010 | Feature | 85 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Donor Unknown Jerry Rothwell 2010 | Feature | 78 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	At Night, They Dance Isabelle Lavigne, Stephane Thibault 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Bryan Storkel 2011 | Feature | 92 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Your Legal shorts Various Directors 2011 | Shorts | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	The Furious Force of Rhymes Joshua Atesh Litle 2010 | Feature | 84 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Unikely Treasures Tally Abecassis 2010 | Feature | 52 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Will Hess 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Shattuck Cinema	+ add to cal	buy tickets

Friday, October 21st
7:15 PM	click to rate	At Night, They Dance Isabelle Lavigne, Stephane Thibault 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	First Position Bess Kargman 2011 | Feature | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Oil City Confidential Julien Temple 2009 | Feature | 104 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	TELL YOUR FRIENDS! THE CONCERT FILM! Victor Varnado | Feature | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Saturday, October 22nd
12:30 PM	click to rate	Scenes of a Crime Blue Hadaegh, Grover Babcock 2011 | Feature | 88 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	The Woodmans C. Scott Willis 2010 | Feature | 82 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	Circus Dreams Signe Taylor 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	The Business of Living Various Directors 2011 | Shorts | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey Constance Marks | Feature | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Grab Billy Luther 2011 | Feature | 60 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	78 Days: A Tree Planting Documentary Jason Nardella 2011 | Feature | 62 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Peep Culture Sally Blake 2011 | Feature | 60 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
8:00 PM	click to rate	Roller Disco Costume Party Black Rock Roller Disco | Features | 300 min.	CellSpace	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Bob and The Monster Keirda Bahruth 2010 | Feature | 89 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Patagonia Rising Brian Lilla 2010 | Feature | 85 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Sunday, October 23rd
12:30 PM	click to rate	Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters Adam Cornelius 2011 | Feature | 92 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	TELL YOUR FRIENDS! THE CONCERT FILM! Victor Varnado | Feature | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	Where Soldiers Come From Heather Courtney 2011 | Feature | 91 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:45 PM	click to rate	A Matter of Body and Mind Various Directors 2011 | Shorts | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	How To Start A Revolution Ruaridh Arrow 2011 | Feature | 87 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Patagonia Rising Brian Lilla 2010 | Feature | 85 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Adventures in Plymptoons! Alexia Anastasio 2011 | Feature | 85 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Back to the Garden Kevin Tomlinson 2010 | Feature | 70 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	B.I.N. – Berlin in November Victor Schefe 2011 | Feature | 93 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Will Hess 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Monday, October 24th
7:15 PM	click to rate	Oil City Confidential Julien Temple 2009 | Feature | 104 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	A Matter of Body and Mind Various Directors 2011 | Shorts | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	At Night, They Dance Isabelle Lavigne, Stephane Thibault 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Scenes of a Crime Blue Hadaegh, Grover Babcock 2011 | Feature | 88 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Tuesday, October 25th
7:15 PM	click to rate	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey Constance Marks | Feature | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The Business of Living Various Directors 2011 | Shorts | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Your Legal shorts Various Directors 2011 | Shorts | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters Adam Cornelius 2011 | Feature | 92 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Wednesday, October 26th
7:15 PM	click to rate	Circus Dreams Signe Taylor 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Peep Culture Sally Blake 2011 | Feature | 60 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Bob and The Monster Keirda Bahruth 2010 | Feature | 89 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters Adam Cornelius 2011 | Feature | 92 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Thursday, October 27th
12:00 PM	click to rate	5FilmVoucher Discount Pass | Feature | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:10 PM	click to rate	10FilmVoucher Discount Pass | Feature | 120 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	First Position Bess Kargman 2011 | Feature | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Will Hess 2011 | Feature | 80 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	B.I.N. – Berlin in November Victor Schefe 2011 | Feature | 93 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	TELL YOUR FRIENDS! THE CONCERT FILM! Victor Varnado | Feature | 90 min.	Roxie Cinema Theater A	+ add to cal	buy tickets